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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] xen/smp: Update pv_lock_ops functions before alternative code starts under PVHVM
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:31:48AM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 07/09/13 14:46, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > Before this patch we would patch all of the pv_lock_ops sites
> > using alternative assembler. Then later in the bootup cycle
> > change the unlock_kick and lock_spinning to the Xen specific -
> > without re patching.
> >
> > That meant that for the core of the kernel we would be running
> > with the baremetal version of unlock_kick and lock_spinning while
> > for modules we would have the proper Xen specific slowpaths.
> >
> > As most of the module uses some API from the core kernel that ended
> > up with slowpath lockers waiting forever to be kicked (b/c they
> > would be using the Xen specific slowpath logic). And the
> > kick never came b/c the unlock path that was taken was the
> > baremetal one.
> >
> > On PV we do not have the problem as we initialise before the
> > alternative code kicks in.
> >
> > The fix is to move the updating of the pv_lock_ops function
> > before the alternative code starts patching.
>
> This comment seems odd. The xen_spinlock_init() call is added not moved.

Ah, yes. The joy of rebasing and having the patches out of sync.
It was originally removed by git commit f10cd522c5fbfec9ae3cc01967868c9c2401ed23
(xen: disable PV spinlocks on HVM) which as part of the patch
series I had reverted. Then I dropped the revert :-)

>
> > --- a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
> > @@ -731,4 +731,12 @@ void __init xen_hvm_smp_init(void)
> > smp_ops.cpu_die = xen_hvm_cpu_die;
> > smp_ops.send_call_func_ipi = xen_smp_send_call_function_ipi;
> > smp_ops.send_call_func_single_ipi = xen_smp_send_call_function_single_ipi;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * The alternative logic (which patches the unlock/lock) runs before
> > + * the smp bootup up code is activated. That meant we would never patch
> > + * the core of the kernel with proper paravirt interfaces but would patch
> > + * modules.
> > + */
> > + xen_init_spinlocks();
>
> PV does this in xen_smp_prepare_boot_cpu. It would be better if the
> PVHVM case followed this same pattern and provide a smp_prepare_boot_cpu
> implementation to do this?

Good eye. I can certainly try it out that way and see how it behaves. It would
make it more consistent.

>
> David


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